Harvest Moon: Back to Nature (1999) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature

Natsume's farm simulation series makes its debut on the PlayStation with Harvest Moon: Back to Nature. It is the first Harvest Moon game for a non-Nintendo console. Starting with a few rudimentary implements…

16 December 1999

What Harvest Moon: Back to Nature is

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Victor Interactive Software and released in 1999. It was published by Marvelous. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

As a young boy, the main character went to his grandfather's farm for the summer. His grandfather was too busy taking care of the farm to spend much time with him, so the boy explored the town and countryside on his own. The boy befriended his grandfather's puppy and met a little girl his own age, with whom he became close friends. When the summer was over, the boy had to go back home, but he promised the little girl that he would return someday. Ten years later, years after his grandfather's death, the boy – now a grown man – returns to the town to take over the farm. Upon meeting the main character, the mayor and other villagers decide that he would be allowed to stay as the rightful…

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are business. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Harvest Moon series

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature is the seventh of 60 entries we hold in the Harvest Moon series. The next entry was Harvest Moon 3 GBC in 2000.

See all 60 Harvest Moon games in release order →

What it launched against

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature launched on 16 December 1999, within three weeks of Quake III Arena, Shenmue, Planescape: Torment and Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

Released around the same time: Quake III Arena, Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, Garou: Mark of the Wolves.

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature — frequently asked questions